Cup rack



FeB. 3, 1942. L. MASLOW 2,272,092-

CUP RACK Filed May '7, 1940 z l ff W'Tusszs INVENTOR r ,i a. a i 7 ATTORNEY-3 Louis masloaa usedfor receiving and drying household cups an jabovefthe irame I Object-being to v de n'i ed wn ruc ion th to l.,- he

invention relatesfltofcrip trays orlracks, striictiirelilg fo suppers I wherein wooden members areprovided for "re OLSpaces Ithat age-thereof. I V I I Another objectof the inven'tion'is to provide a,'

cup rack or trayformed with a rectangular housing and a plurality of wooden -rods I arranged tof ceiving thevcups so as to reduce orprevent breaks present cup-receiving sockets .wherein {the rods lo;

-2--2; 2 rods I5 though in contacttherewith as illus-' Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of one of the I "'tratedin Figs. 1 and 3.

supporting holding members illustrated inFig. 1; At thepoint of crossingof the rods I5 and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the supporting I6, there are holding and supporting members of the tray. Mounted on thisframe are a plulower ends of the legs I B and 'I9' are provided tion 4 for permitting one tray to be stacked on ing of the rods I5 and I6 there is provided a another. The members -I, 2 and 3, together with support and also at each end of these rods there which the cups may contact. II A furtherv object of the invention is to. pro de 1 I I II a cup rackhaving' a frame and'a plurality of rods I II pare arranged in different planes for presenting cup-- I nd II extend to receiving sockets, the rods being associated with the respective sides of the tray. It will be supportingand holding members arranged at the noted that all the wooden rods I2 are spaced juncture of certain of the rods which cross each I apart and areparallel; The rods I2 form asup are so positioned as to be the only members with other. I I port in a given plane, while'arran'ged above- Inthe accompanying drawing 1 '20 these rods, which act as supporting rods, are Fig. 1 is a top view of a-cup rack' or tray diswooden holding rods "I5"'and I6.. The rods l6 closing anembodiment of the invention; extend longitudinally and form a. group of Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional transverse rodsextendingat'right'angles to the view through Fig. 1 approximately on the line rods I2 and also at right angles to the group of member shown in Fig.3 before the same has IT, as shown in Figs. Sand-4. Each of these been applied. V I '30 holding and supporting membersI 'is formed L- Referring to the accompanying drawing bynushaped and the respective legs- I8 and I9 are promerals, I indicatesa comparatively stifirectan vided with apertures ZII and 2| for receiving gular frame forming, in a certain sense, the base the respective Wooden rods: I5 and I6. 'At the rality of substantially U-shaped members 2 and holding fingers 22 and 23 which are bent around at the corners U-shaped members 3 are each prothe respective tie rods 6 and II. If desired, these vided with a slightly inwardly extending projecfingers could be welded in place. At each crossencircling bars or wires 5; form what may be is provided a similar-supportII. As the holding te med a reptanglllar h i g d thIIS housmg and supporting members I! are rigidly secured to s comparatlvely stlff- All the partsiust the respective rods 6 and and also to the low-. 51? t metal and may b galvamzed ermost circumferential rods,the wooden rods are 01 0 erwlse 009. e lac a Inaddition to themembers just described, there 5 .Byyreason f f abovermentiohed i fg gggg g g hi gfi g fi gsgggifg gg zfig Jtion therev are provideda number of sockets 24 v h t inth e tray. In the trayshown inFig. 1 sixteen 2 2% fi i gi g j i g s gfi g I socketshave been provided, but-1t W111 be evident bracing members I, as shown in Fig; 1, whereby that the tray could be made larger or smaller openingsaare presented. The projection! of one and, consequently, more 16551 t tray, extends into the opening 8 of the next h a D S placed In a y 0f e s c ts it superposed tray whereby the trays are removably rests On t o of he wooden'rods IZrand is su'plocked together when stacked. portedat the sides by the respective. wooden j? From Fig. 2 it will be noted that the bottom rods I5 and I6. I Usually the cups project ashort distance above the tray but by reason of the space 25 any desired number of trays may be stacked without the superposed tray coming in contact with any of the cups in the lower tray.

In hotels, restaurants, and elsewhere cups are liable to be subject to more or less rough usage and careless handling. Heretofore, metal traps or racks have been provided but quite often when a cup is placed carelessly in a tray it becomes cracked or broken. Sometimes even when a cup isplaced very carefully in av tray and the tray is shifted, the cup will become scarred by reason of its contact with the metal,

parts of the tray. By making all parts oi, wood which come in contact with the cup, scarring or breakage is eliminated or reduced; to a As shown in the accompanying drawing a very bent around the rods respectively in said other group to fasten the same thereto.

2. In an article holding receptacle, groups of rods arranged in superposed spaced relation, the rods of each group consisting of longitudinal and transverse rods, and tie members extending between rods in one group to rods in the other group, each tie member being L shaped in cross section to provide portions substantially at a right angle to each other and each portion having a hole in one end thereof, each longitudinal rod of one group extending through the holes in portions of a plurality of the tie members, each transverse rod of said last group extending through the holes in portions of a plurality of said tie. members, and said portions of all of the tie members having their remaining ends bent strong metal housing and bracing structure is provided, while at the same time only the wooden rods come in contact with the'respective cups. The racks are adapted to be made of the same size and shape asracks of the same general style now on the market so as to be stacked therewith and with each other.

I claim:

1. In an article holding receptacle, groups of rodsarranged in superposed spaced relation, the rods of each groupbeing disposed crosswise of each other, and a tiemember extending between rods in one-group to rods in the other group, the rods in said one group extending through said tie member which has suitable holes therein for that purpose, and said tie member having portions around the rods respectively of said other group to fasten the same thereto.

3. In an article holding receptacle wherein there are upper and lower groups of rods and wherein the rods of each group consist of a plu-' ra-lity ofspaced rods extending crosswise'of an other plurality of spaced rods, tie members; each tie member having two rods which cross each other of the upper group extending through the upper end thereof, and the lower end of'each tie member'having portions-bent around-tworods 1 which crosseachother of the lower group, said tie members thus employed serving to intercon nect the upper and lower groups of rods andJtO in each group, v p

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maintain a fixed crossed relationship of the rods' 

